The Encrypting File System, while serving a need, can also cause big headaches—especially with the XP implementation. Here’s how to do it right. Most administrators are gadget-heads to some extent. We ...

While some businesses rely on computers more than others, most value the data they store on the machines and may consider at least some of it private or confidential. Even with the best security ...

Microsoft’s Encrypting File System, which is used to encrypt data on Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003 computers, relies on a public key certificate. If you don’t have a public-key infrastructure, EFS ...

Problem: I login as admin and I encrypt a directory with EFS. I logout and then log back in on a test user account that is a non-admin limited account. I am unable to access the encrypted files using ...

7Zip if you want to archive/compress a file or folder with aes256 encryption (with password). Truecrypt/Veracrypt if you want to make an encrypted volume you mount at will and put stuff in, then ...

After reading my article on encrypting sensitive data, Ian Cooper asked if it was safe “to use one of these encryption tools in conjunction with an online backup service?” [Have a tech question? Ask ...